Lacan and Addiction

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With chapters from Rik Loose, Fabian Naparstek, Patricia Gherovici, Bruce Fink, Thomos Svolos and many others, the anthology is for people interested in the topic of addictions, or in Lacanian psychoanalysis, and especially for those interested in how the two intersect. Lacan and Addiction is based on papers presented at a 2006 conference where Lacanians from around the world gathered to speak about addictions. Conference participants explored the complexity of the problem for the individual, society, clinicians, and for treatment. In the current climate, where addiction is mostly treated by variations of twelve step approaches and psychopharmacological qcountermeasuresq, it is all too easy to lose sight of the dimensions of addiction that render it not just a disease to be managed but rather a significant form of human suffering and a subjective responsibility, both of which are critical components of addiction treatment. More and more, addiction treatment is turning away from psychological and psychoanalytic theorization and towards psychopharmacological measures; this anthology attempts to rectify that situation.Loose also takes up the question of dual-diagnosis, stating, afrom a
psychoanalytic point of view, there is no addiction without dual ... Fabian
Naparsteka#39;s framing essay (Chapter Two) follows drug use and drug-
dependence, which he callsanbsp;...

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Lacan and Addiction

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Yael Goldman Baldwin, Kareen R. Malone, Thomas Svolos

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Karnac Books - 2011-08-16

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